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Der Donald.
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You do, it's just that nobody listens to or believes them.
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It's not the same as accidental killing. That's just an accident. If you bomb a factory where there are civilian homes nearby, you know you'll be killing children. It's collateral damage, not an accident. You decide that winning the battle is more important.
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Firebombing civilian areas was arguably war crime. Killing children in the process of prosecuting a legal military operation is not a crime, as long as the intent is to win the battle, not to kill the children. The intent of a lot of the WWII bombing was specifically revenge on the civilians.
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Te situation has changed, so the moral calculus has changed. It's not difficult.
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Cancer is routinely characterized as something to be battled and beaten, meaning that if you die from it, it's because you failed to fight it enough, you were weak, you gave in.
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Yes, it could never happen to a good person like them. But they know it in the back of their minds.
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In fairness, the system is set up to make people both callous and complicit. They're much less likely to protest if they know they're one setback away from homelessness themselves, and that no-one will care or help if it happens.
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Software is not a good analogy. There's nothing wrong with the rules, maybe a tweak here and there but if power is ignoring the rules it's like writing code for a computer that's been run over by a bulldozer. More ode will not help until the 'follow the rules' rule is enforced.
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People playing by the rules that are already in place, and modifying them according to due process if necessary. That's the point. "Follow the rules" is the one rule that rules them all. If the most powerful people are ignoring that one, none of the others matter.
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I mean, I agree, but it doesn't get to the fundamental problem, which is people who don't believe in rules, or who see themselves as essentially above or exempt, or feel a surge of power when they smash or ignore them. No amount of rules and procedures will solve these cultural problems.
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Legally binding, it's just that people are not enforcing the law and applying the penalties. Changing the oath won't change that.
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That's exactly what is already is.
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It's a foundational principle of US foreign policy that they have non permanent allies. It comes from G Washington and Hamilton, all the way through to Rumsfeld & 'the mission defines the coalition'. They cooperate/collaborate with whoever's interests align with their own in any given situation.
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Keep at it, because hundreds is worse than none, thousands won't make the news, tens of thousands won't make anything change. Hundreds of thousands is a start, but...
You need MILLIONS of people on the street and on strike.
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Misunderstanding how institutional power works. There are many people who could stop him, they just don't want to. Institutional/legal power's helpless in the face of charismatic power. Makes me ill to use that word about Trump, but institutions only work if people follow rules, not leaders.
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I bet we all read GEB.
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Is this directed to me? Because, as I said, I fully share the outrage about this treatment. I'm just saying that we should not be any *more* concerned about a gay make-up artist than we would be about a straight construction worker or even a criminal. The whole system is under threat.
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I share your horror about this, but his profession and sexual orientation are irrelevant. In fact, even if he had committed terrible crimes, it would still be illegal and immoral to deport him without due process, i.e. a finding at law.
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Sometimes just drinking a bottle of water is enough to feel full. But that doesn't curb my desire for sweet, or salty, snacky things. It goes deeper than feeling full.
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Dates can have other, unfortunate, effects.
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It having anything to do with Biden is enough for Trump to want to trash it.
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The only problem I have with this comment is that it would depend on the woman. Women have a wide range of views and feelings, including with regard to what counts as creepy.
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Oh yeah, it is. I'd forgotten it was one of his. Some of the better work in Mr Cruise's oeuvre, too.
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No problem, then. Everything is fine and hardly anyone is obese or unhealthy due to the processed food industry. I'm glad you've enlightened me about this.
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Was it her? It seems to imply that the Wapo did it.
In any case, I'm not sure about Lee's strategic brilliance, especially since he, y'know, lost.
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I have not read any PKD, but I must say every movie adaptation I've seen has led me to believe he is focussed on deep themes regarding reality and humanity. A Scanner Darkly is great. Total Recall, not so much, but you can see the same themes in it.
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I thought it was kind of ambiguous as to whether she was exercising agency in that part, since she's so advanced, and shows what seems to be agency and decision-making powers. I think this ambiguity is very interesting, and indicates that PKD was exploring something deeper than mere morality.
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Sure, although characters can represent certain aspects of humanity. It's part of making the point. I kind of left off focussing on the movie, though. The story was a short story, wasn't it? Anyway, a very interesting discussion, thanks.
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"...what's being called..." = "...what I'm calling...".
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You can, but it's hard, when everywhere you go there are cheap tidbits specifically designed to appeal to some of our most primal tastes.
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Mind you, dom/sub dynamics are everywhere, a kind of backlash. Which is why it drives me nuts when people say 'men this' or 'women that'. The most salient feature of humanity is diversity.
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Yes. I worry sometimes how anyone gets laid these days. There seems to be a kind of new puritanism in some areas. That scene always struck me as Deckard giving in to himself, as a reaction to the nihilism around him.
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I first saw it in the 80s. Interesting how such personal reactions are culturally determined.
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Thanks for the considered responses.
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I have seen it a few times over the years. That scene is creepy but also unmistakably, intentionally erotic, surely.
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Oh, right. Replicants, right? Designed. They have versions. It's a long time since I saw it. I was just being cheeky. Not so sure about the hr polemic part. Was PK Dick a polemicist? Genuine question.
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But the slaves are not people. I don't know that they fit the definition of slave. But I take your point.
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We have a strong desire for sugar, fat and salt, because we need it, but not much, and there was not much around as we evolved. Every bit we found, we immediately ate. Now, most of what is available is loaded with sugar, salt and fat. In large quantities, it is poison.
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This is one of the plot-lines of Bladerunner. Does this mean Harrison Ford's Rick Deckard is creepy?
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Passport, blank cheques and $3k in cash. Sounds like a scram bag to me.
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Why would someone like that need $3k in cash?
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Going bankrupt is a great way to avoid paying your bills.
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Loth
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I think it's older than Disney's Aladdin.